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Happy 65th Birthday Skunk Baxter | Doobie's What's Happening

It's been a busy week for birthdays and that trend continues today as it's guitarist
Jeff
"Skunk" Baxter's 65th Birthday. Baxter is best known for his work with both Steely Dan
and The Doobie Brothers. The Washington, D.C. native went on to pursue a career as a
defense
consultant.

If you were a child of the '70s or '80s your first encounter with Skunk might have been
the
guitarist's appearance with the rest of The Doobie Brothers on the sitcom What's
Happening!! in 1978. The Doobies were featured on a two-part story in which Raj, Rerun
and
Dwayne are desperate to see the band when they come to town to play at their old high
school. Poor Rerun gets talked into bootlegging the concert, which doesn't end well when
the
recorder he was using falls to the ground. Watch The Doobies's appearance on the show
including performances of "Black Water," "Take Me In Your Arms" and "Takin' It To The
Streets":